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Kohutek, Kenneth J., Prisoners' Self-Help Packets forPositive Behavioral Change. Doctor of Philosophy(Counseling Psychology), December, 1980, 64 pp., 16 tables,12 figures, references, 45 titles.This study investigated the efficacy of bibiliotherapyin a correctional setting. Bibliotherapy (the utilizationof books, pamphlets, or other literature) has beenrecommended as an adjunct to psychotherapy when professionaltime was at a premium or when the motivational level of theclientele was marginal.Subjects were 54 volunteers recruited from both thegeneral prison population (unsegregated) and the segregationunit of a maximum security Federal penitentiary. Average ageof the sample was 34.5 years with an average sentence of 15years. In each of the two locations, two treatment groupswere given self-help packets and the control group was givenreadings of a general nature. The personal-growth groupwas given a packet which required the participant to examinehis past recollections, interpersonal relationships, andintrapersonal conflicts. The rational-growth group was givena packet which included the material in the personal-growthpacket as well as a selected reading with a rational-emotiveemphasis. The general readings consisted of novels of a psy-chological nature but not necessarily related to personal growth.